Summary
Nikhil Sethi is a founder and operator with 11 years of experience building and scaling technology businesses, currently leading Workgrounds as Co-Founder and CEO to simplify corporate hotel room management. Previously he scaled Adaptly from startup to acquisition by Accenture and then led programmatic media globally at Accenture, blending entrepreneurial grit with enterprise execution. Trained as an electrical engineer at Northwestern, he pairs technical fluency with product-first design sensibilities—he also identifies as a designer on GitHub, signaling a hands-on eye for UX. Nikhil repeatedly founds and exits companies, demonstrating a pattern of turning early ideas into defensible, operational businesses. Based in New York, he brings a laser-focused approach to growth and product-market fit, often tackling problems at the intersection of media, ads tech, and workflow automation.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS, EE, BS, EE at Northwestern University